Saturday, February 12, 2011

Are You Invisible?

Thank you for all of the wonderful comments yesterday regarding my glove problem.  It was very comforting to hear that many of you are plagued with the same issue ... whether the orphan items are gloves or socks.  Most of you have heard back from me via email.  I always try to send replies and thank yous, because I truly DO appreciate the time each of you takes to read my little slice of cyberspace. 

If you did not receive an reply from me, it is because your address was not visible when your comment was sent to my Inbox.  This is the default setting in your Blogger Profile.  This is SOOO easy to change, and doing so will open up your blogging experience far beyond where it is now.  Remember what I said the other day about making personal connections with other bloggers?  You can't do this if your email isn't visible so you can take your conversation offline and into private emails.

It is super easy to make this change.  Let's get to it:

1.  Open your blog and click on the red Blogger icon to go to your Dashboard.



2.  Click 'Edit Profile'.



3.  In the Privacy section, check the box that says "Show My Email Address".



4.  Scroll down to the 'Identity' section and type in an email address, if there isn't one there already.



5.  Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Save Profile".



Done!!

This is an issue that is very important to me, and quite a few other bloggers that I know.  I struggle with it every day, as new readers visit and leave comments, and I can't contact them to let them know how much I appreciate their visit.  When someone asks a question with general interest, I try to answer it in the comments, but I don't want to put personal replies there.  Truthfully, I almost never go back to someone's blog to see if my comment has been answered publicly ... I know I can subscribe to subsequent comments via email, but I created quite a log jam in my inbox by doing that one time.

If you have consciously chosen to be a noreply-comment Blogger, may I be so bold as to ask why?  Part of what I love so much about blogging is learning from others ... and I really want to know what led you to your decision.

As I say in my greeting in my comment form ... noreply-comment@blogger.com is a bummer!
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